If accused of terrorism, blah. Applies to the West Bank.
Israeli Knesset advances death penalty bill for final readings: Israel’s Knesset National Security Committee approved Tuesday a draft law—advancing toward final readings next week—that would impose the death penalty on prisoners accused of carrying out killings classified as “terrorist acts.” The bill mandates execution—by hanging within 90 days—without requiring unanimous judicial approval and eliminates any possibility of pardon, making sentences final and irreversible. The proposed law, introduced by Limor Son-Harmalk and backed by extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir, establishes a geographically differentiated system that makes execution the primary punishment in the occupied West Bank and allows life sentences only in exceptional cases under military authority. The Prisoners’ Media Office labeled it “an unprecedented escalation,” warning it violates international law and could pave the way for systematic executions of prisoners
Lightened the gloom a bit.